Solar Tools

Mustang offers a range of vacuum deposition systems optimized for the unique challenges of the latest generation of thin film photovoltaic. Building on our long history of custom vacuum system solutions Mustang offers tools optimized for thin film solar processes.

Utilization, Uptime, and Yield

Delivering truly high yield vacuum deposition systems requires the careful consideration of not only source utilization but optimizing preventative maintenance cycles and simple robust substrate loading. The largest impact on manufacturing throughput is scheduled down time such as frequency of source material changes, substrate loading and unloading cycles and routine maintenance. Mustang Solar designs and engineers our systems to balance these factors to achieve unparalleled uptime and throughput.

Next Generation

Mustang Solar continues to create industrial scale solutions for the next generation of industrial photovoltaic production challenges. We provide vacuum deposition solutions for both pilot and production scale manufacturing.

Mustang Solar routinely collaborates with customers to help select and optimize deposition sources, system architecture and manufacturing line optimization to ensure these latest technologies achieve the highest levels of uniformity and manufacturing uptime.

Products

Each of the following products or product families are offered standard or more commonly customized for a specific customer process.

The SprintFlex

Roll to Roll Substrates 200mm – 450mm wide.

Free Span or Drum Architecture

Ideal for Industrial Scale R&D or Pilot Scale Production.

1-2 front side deposition sources – 0-2 Back Side sources

The Orion 500

Roll to Roll Substrates 200mm – 500mm wide.

Free Span or Drum Architecture

Pilot or Production Manufacturing

1-6 front side deposition sources – 0-2 Back Side sources

The Orion 1000

Roll to Roll Substrates 400mm – 2000mm wide.

30” – 90” Temperature Controlled Drum Architecture

Medium to Large Scale Production Manufacturing

1-12 front side deposition sources – 0-4 Back Side sources

The Orion Complete

Custom multi deposition zone deposition systems

Roll to Roll Substrates 200mm 400mm wide.

Free Span or Drum Architecture

Configurable Sources

H-Line

Horizontal In-Line Deposition System with Load Lock Entry and Exit

Flat, rigid glass, metal or plastic substrates

Configurable coating area for single or multiple substrates up to 2.2 Meters Wide

Configurable deposition sources

The V-Line

Vertical In-Line Deposition System with Load Lock Entry and Exit

Configurable coating area for single or multiple substrates up to 2 meters tall.

Flat, rigid glass, metal or plastic substrates

Configurable deposition sources

Custom

Customization of standard products or development of fully custom solutions to optimize system design for vacuum deposition onto almost any substrate..